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Shifting demographics stirs debate on Northern Ireland’s future

New census figures show that Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time ever.

Cars drive around the Peace Line

Irish scheme supports thousands of undocumented immigrants

More than 1,000 irregular arrivals have received work permits and are on a pathway to citizenship.

Sheron Buzuzi [Courtesy of Sheron Buzuzi ]

UK introduces law to protect Northern Ireland’s native language

Irish, also known as Gaelic, has been tied to Irish nationalism and republicanism by its defenders and detractors.

Irish language activists outside parliament in London

In Northern Ireland, Ukrainian refugees find themselves in limbo

A Northern Irish politician says the UK’s visa system is ‘disastrous’ as refugees face bureaucratic challenges

A refugee fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine sits on a bus

Northern Ireland witnesses ‘seismic’ legislative election result

A pro-Irish reunification party becomes the biggest one in Northern Ireland’s legislative assembly for the first time.

Winning the most seats entitles Sinn Féin to the post of First Minister [File: Mark Marlow/EPA]

Northern Ireland set to vote in election poised to make history

Sinn Féin, a nationalist, pro-reunification party, is predicted to get the post of first minister for the first time.

A man walks past a mural along the nationalist Falls Road, in Belfast

Belfast: Pattern of immigration checks raises profiling concerns

Data obtained by Al Jazeera shows many who are stopped hold Romanian, Nigerian, Chinese and Pakistani passports.

The top nationalities being stopped in Belfast include Romanian, Nigerian, Chinese and Pakistani [File: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters]

Anger boils in Northern Ireland despite attempts to end riots

Brexit concerns and controversy over a funeral for a Sinn Fein figure have upset a delicate political balance.

Loyalist rioters attack police in the Tigers Bay Area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday, April 9, 2021 [Peter Morrison/AP]

‘If you don’t struggle, France doesn’t give you rights’

The gilets noirs protest group uses space opened by France’s yellow vests and seeks rights for undocumented migrants.

Gilets Noir Luke Butterly